Unit 15-The Electoral College

How many electoral votes for your state?

20.

How many electoral votes does Washington, D.C., have?

3.

How many electoral votes are there?

538.

What is the minimum number of in the 2000 Presidential Election?

Al Gore.

The term Electoral College comes from the Constitution itself.

False.

The writers of the constitution felt that the voters should directly elect the president and vice president.

False.

There have been no elections in which the candidate with the most popular votes has not become president.

False.

Name a president who was elected without winning popular vote.

George Bush.

Although it originally expected that a group of electors would actually elect the president and vice president, it became the practice for the electors to vote for the candidate who had the most popular votes.

True.

Popular vote means the vote of the people.

True.